I'll demonstrate how careful analysis of group relations yields unexpected constructions, addressing several central questions in group theory. These include a question by Elliott, Jonusas, Mesyan, Mitchell, Morayne, and Peresse regarding Zariski topologies on groups and semi-groups, a series of questions by Amir, Blachar, Gerasimova, and Kozma concerning algebraic group laws, and a longstanding question by Wiegold on invariably generated groups.